Owner's Manual

Setting Up a SAS Cluster 35
Setting Up the Hardware
SAS clusters can only be installed in a direct-attached cluster and are limited
to two nodes only.
To configure your nodes in a direct-attached configuration:
1
Connect one SAS cable from a port of the SAS controller of node 1
to the
In-0 port of RAID controller 0 in the PowerVault MD3000
storage enclosure.
2 Connect one SAS cable from the other port of the SAS controller of
node 1 to the
In-0 port of RAID controller 1 in the PowerVault MD3000
storage enclosure.
3 Connect one SAS cable from a port of the SAS controller of node 2 to the
In-1 port of RAID controller 0 in the PowerVault MD3000 storage enclosure.
4 Connect one SAS cable from the other port of SAS controller of node 2
to the
In-1 port of RAID controller 1 in the PowerVault MD3000
storage enclosure.
5 If applicable, connect two SAS cables from the two PowerVault MD3000
storage enclosures Out ports to the two In ports of the first
PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosure.
PowerVault
MD3000 storage
enclosure
• Two CAT 5e/6 cables connected to LAN (one from each storage
processor module)
• Two SAS connections to each PowerEdge system node through
the SAS 5/E cables
NOTE: For more information on the PowerVault MD3000 storage
enclosure interconnection, see "Setting Up the Hardware" on
page 35.
Dell PowerVault
MD1000 storage
enclosure
(optional)
Additional SAS cable connections as required for the PowerVault
MD1000 expansion enclosure
Table 4-1. SAS Cluster Hardware Interconnections (continued)
Cluster Component Connections